I would hope not.

 

Thanks for the advice. I will definitely try that. And I could definitely benefit from that rev matching system the 370Z has!

 

Get a flashlight, open up your glove box, and look up. You will notice that you are staring into your dash, and there is a small black box in the middle. That is the sync module, the brain. There are clips on it that will allow you to swing it down exposing a male USB plug. Get a male-male USB adapter and plug whatever you want into it. Including the USB drive in your center console that gets in the way. To activate that particular USB device, hit your talk button say "USB Two". Its the only way to activate it.

 

I've been paying far more attention to my speed, independent of how fast traffic moves lately. A cop can and will pull you over for doing < 10mph over the limit on the freeway despite traffic moving faster than that. At least, that's happened to me before in the past. Having a beast of a DD now has made me at least 5-10x more focused during commutes.

The placement is a bit awkward, but I only open up that compartment to either plug in or remove my iPod, which I never do if I'm driving.

You shouldn't need the cup holder anyway. Wait, you people drink while driving?
But seriously. I won't even go to a drive through with my GT. No food or beverages of any kind are going to make their way into my car (aside from the trunk). It's my first and I'm still baby'ing it.

Agree completely. I don't know what happened design wise here. Maybe we're supposed to blame the manuals for being too big?

 

Cool.

Welcome.

Very good first post.

 

is there no way to turn off the skip shift?

 

Haha thanks
Tuners are saying it will be turned off in their tunes. It seems to me that you can force through it though, that its more of a suggestion. When it activates, the little screen on your dash will say "1 --> 4 shift for fuel economy". I have driven slowly in first until I saw that message, then hit the clutch and slammed it into second. It goes every time.

 

I had a buddy point that out to me. Never even noticed until he said something. It's a cool touch!

 

Do what I do with all my cars guys....put the manual in the trunk by the spare tire or by the jack, or anywhere under the trunk lid. Opens up space in the glovebox for other small things you may want to carrying in there.

 

To add to this. I also keep my registration and insurance card back there. This way when I get pulled over I politely tell the officer I need to get it out of the trunk. It is a easy way to get talking with the officer while I am getting my paperwork. It has helped my out of some tickets YMMV with this one. I guess if it is raining or snowing it might make it worse though

 

Please don't put armor-all on the dash. Might as well put bacon grease on it. http://www.autogeek.net/303aerprot.html

 

I think you all are exaggerating a little when you say the cup holders are useless. I can still use mine, even with large drinks. However, it requires you to shift in a kind of awkward way I like to call "carpal tunnel shifting".

I don't know about the hottest dip stick thing. I looked at mine and didn't think it was all that sexy.

 

cool customer right there.

 

Yeah well with all the practice I have at it you have to learn something right

 

Personally most of the cops I know don't want you getting out of your car unless they're administering a sobriety test. It's a distraction to other drivers and causes accidents.

Pull over, engine off, window down and keep your hands visible at all times. Don't reach for the glove box until you've asked permission. Kept me from getting shot in Detroit a couple times.

 

Didn't know this... I will have to look at my '10 later on to see if mine has that. It would make it a lot easier to put the zune in the glove box vs. the center console. Although the console is lockable.

 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I didn't even realize what that was. I now have a space for my sunglasses on one side, and my parking pass on the other!

 

Interesting! If I get bold, I will try that. Thanks for that advice!

 

yes, I do the exact same thing.
I did not mention that though.
I actually often bury it under the spare tire too.
I make it very difficult and time consuming to get too.
It got me out of a ticket once too, when I was opening the trunk and starting to unscrew the spare tire and by the time I got to the registration the CHP officer got a call to a auto accident 2-3 miles up the road.
He had to let me go and go tend to that.
Had I had the insurance and registration handy he'd of probably had the ticket written out.
There is no law that states it has to be easily accessible or handy to get at quickly.

 

I agree 100% (I'm from Detroit). Cops there are not too easy about folks going into the trunk to get ANYTHING! I still live by those rules even though I live somewhere else now. LOL

I'd prefer to not make the cop nervous at all. I turn off the engine and radio, roll down all windows, turn on my dome light, and have my hands in plain site, and then politely ask for permission to open the glovebox when they ask for info.

This is the best way to get on a cop's good side. One of my bro's works for DPD and agrees with all of this!

edit: Oh, and I forgot to mention: Voluntarilly telling them you have a pistol on you without them finding out the hard way helps too!